Description
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the political economy of public management reform. It examines the new forms of economic decentralization and macroeconomic adjustment, and discusses their implications for policy design and regulation.
The authors discuss leading-edge research on public management reform, privatization and decentralization in both industrialized and aid-dependent countries, concentrating on the meso-level of institutional response. Combining theory, case studies and institutional analysis, they focus on issues including public/private partnerships, public finance and aid allocation. The authors also present new ideas on the design of a regulatory framework.
This book will be welcomed by academics and researchers working in the fields of development studies, development economics, political economy and international public management as well as policymakers working for government agencies and NGOs in developing countries.
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Economic Decentralization, Issues of Theory and Policy Part I: Decentralization: Public Management Issues 2. Economic Theories of Decentralization 3. Public–Private Partnerships 4. The Multilateral Institutions and Budget Accountability in Jamaica 5. Public Expenditure Reform without Policy Change 6. Aid, Financial Decentralization and Accumulation under Economic Reforms Part II: Policy and Regulation in Privatizing Systems 7. Informal Regulation 8. Charging for Health Care in Tanzania 9. The Water Industry in England and Wales 10. Management Control, Ownership and Development Index
